Georgengasse 17, Heritage monument at Georgengasse 17, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

The building at Georgengasse 17 is a three-story timber-framed structure with Renaissance details, reconstructed in 1613 in its current form. The facade displays characteristic features of Franconian architecture from that period, with visible wooden framework and regularly spaced window openings.

A Jewish dance house (tantzhaus) stood within Rothenburg's older wall ring before the 1298 pogrom; it is documented in a 1353 charter of the later Emperor Charles IV. The present half-timbered building in Renaissance form was erected in 1613 by the patrician Winterbach family on the foundation walls of the former Jewish hostel. Destroyed in 1945, it was rebuilt.

Emperor Charles IV documented the dance house in a 1353 charter, indicating its role as a central meeting point for the Jewish population.

The building is located in the old town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber and is easily reached on foot through the narrow medieval streets. The site sits near other period structures that mark the historic Jewish quarter of the city.

The name Judentanzhaus refers to a Jewish dance house, a building type documented in Rothenburg before the 1298 pogrom and mentioned in a 1353 charter of Charles IV. The present house, however, is not that medieval building: it was rebuilt after 1945, so the Renaissance form seen today is a reconstruction.